Easy
By Robert May
Published 1660
Take the blood of a hog, while it is warm, and steep in it a quart or more of great oatmeal groats, at the end of three days take the groats out and drain them clean; then put to these groats more then a quart of the best cream warmed on the fire; then take some mother of time, spinage, parsley, savory, endive, sweet marjoram, sorrel, strawberry leaves, succory, of each
Otherways, you may steep your oatmeal in warm mutton broth, or scalding milk, or boil it in a bag.